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Metes and Bounds Surveys 02/04/2015

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Metes and Bounds Metes Descriptions corners or courses Bounds Descriptions using adjoining boundaries, e.g., roads, streams, properties. Metes and Bounds Descriptions using metes and bounds to describe property

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Priority of Calls Lines by creating surveyor Corners established Monuments set Lines marked Calls for Monuments Natural Artifical-referenced in description Calls for adjoining parcels Senior in title Calls for Courses Calls for Area

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Case Law Andrews v. Wheeler It has ever been held that the marks on the ground constitute the survey; that the courses and distances are only evidence of the survey.

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Properties of Monuments Visible Identifiable Stable Permanent

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Line Marking

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Description by Reference

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Strip Descriptions

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Other Descriptions Division Line Description Distance Description Proportion Description Metes and Bounds GLO Of Description Aliquot descriptions

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Angles Bearing Deflection Angle Azimuth